f14921 cc7116	Somerset v Essex
	County Championship 1935
Venue	Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome on 18th, 20th, 21st May 1935 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Somerset won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Somerset won by an innings and 49 runs
Points	Somerset 15; Essex 0
Umpires	F Chester, AE Dipper
Close of play day 1	Essex (1) 87/5 (O'Connor 9*, Eastman 7*)
Close of play day 2	No play

---

Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JW Lee	c Pearce b Nichols	3
FS Lee	lbw b Nichols	41
*RA Ingle	c Eastman b Nichols	12
JC White	c Eastman b Nichols	4
CCC Case	b TPB Smith	35
HD Burrough	b Nichols	2
AW Wellard	st Wade b Evans	21
H Gimblett	c and b Eastman	123
+WT Luckes	b Nichols	7
WHR Andrews	c O'Connor b Evans	71
HL Hazell	not out	7
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 76.5 overs)	337
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-27, 3-35, 4-101, 5-105, 6-107, 7-176, 8-223, 9-287, 10-337 (76.5 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Nichols	23	3	87	6	-	-
R Smith	13	2	43	0	-	-
Eastman	13	4	38	1	-	-
Evans	14.5	1	69	2	-	-
TPB Smith	13	1	89	1	-	-

---

Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	lbw b Wellard	24
FH Rist	c JW Lee b Wellard	41
*TN Pearce	b Wellard	1
J O'Connor	not out	30
MS Nichols	c JW Lee b Wellard	0
TP Lawrence	b Wellard	4
LC Eastman	b JW Lee	35
TPB Smith	b JW Lee	0
+TH Wade	c Wellard b Hazell	1
VJ Evans	c Wellard b JW Lee	2
R Smith	lbw b JW Lee	0
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb)	3
Total	(all out, 67 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-67, 3-70, 4-74, 5-78, 6-131, 7-136, 8-137, 9-141, 10-141 (67 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	23	6	66	5	-	-
Andrews	7	1	20	0	-	-
White	16	8	16	0	-	-
JW Lee	10	1	26	4	-	-
Hazell	11	8	10	1	-	-

---

Essex second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Cutmore	b JW Lee	26
J O'Connor	c Burrough b Wellard	25
FH Rist	c Wellard b Hazell	21
*TN Pearce	st Luckes b Hazell	0
MS Nichols	st Luckes b White	31
TP Lawrence	b JW Lee	6
LC Eastman	lbw b White	1
TPB Smith	c Ingle b JW Lee	22
+TH Wade	lbw b JW Lee	9
VJ Evans	st Luckes b JW Lee	1
R Smith	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 56.5 overs)	147
Fall of wickets:
1-41, 2-64, 3-65, 4-102, 5-110, 6-114, 7-114, 8-132, 9-133, 10-147 (56.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wellard	9	2	18	1	-	-
Andrews	1	0	5	0	-	-
White	15	4	31	2	-	-
JW Lee	21.5	5	67	5	-	-
Hazell	10	4	21	2	-	-

---

Notes
--> H Gimblett made his debut in County Championship matches
--> H Gimblett made his debut in first-class matches
--> H Gimblett (1) 100 in 63 minutes
--> WHR Andrews (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in County Championship matches
--> WHR Andrews (1) passed his previous highest score of 45 in first-class matches
--> FH Rist (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in first-class matches
--> FH Rist (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in County Championship matches
--> LC Eastman (1) passed 8000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 34

---

Gimblett's century was the fastest of the season and won him the Walter Lawrence Trophy.

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles